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...character, creating an unnecessary tangent that both confuses and disturbs the flow of the film. Despite these pointless scenes, in which the actors find it understandably difficult to be convincing, the performances overall are satisfactory. Though I don’t predict any Oscars, none of the actors distract from the film. Parise, who also co-wrote the screenplay, decently fulfills her role as Jill’s best friend Lucy. Co-writer Peter Stebbings also does an adequate job playing the part of Jack’s colleague and friend, George. Both leads, Prinze and Manning, are experienced enough...
...perceived slight on an anniversary, and Prince Philip caused a furor during a Royal visit to the site of the massacre at Amritsar when he suggested that a memorial plaque "exaggerated" the number of people killed there by British troops. Still, while such contretemps may make headlines, they also distract from the love affair between Britain and India that endures to this...
Jaehn compared Harvard’s methods to “fog and night” tactics—referencing a Nazi directive to imprison political activists—and said Harvard seeks to distract the community from taking action by engaging them with empty dialogue...
Shine a Light begins as its own making-of documentary. In the preconcert planning, Scorsese asks for a playlist of the songs; he gets it just as the show starts. Mick Jagger frets that the moving cameras will distract the audience and that the lighting will throw too much heat on the stage. (As even the director realizes, "We cannot burn Mick Jagger.") During the concert, the singer shouts, as if to Scorsese, "These lights are burnin' up my ass!" He suffers for his art, but there's a film to be shot. Basically, Mick wants to give a great...
...Adams House Pool Theatre is an ideal venue. The audience can witness up close and personal each significant glance and small gesture. The set—designed by Davone J. Tines ’09—is simple enough to establish the location, yet doesn’t distract from the verbal clashes between the actors. Most of the production is left open for the audience’s interpretation, so every last technical detail is critical.“Old Times” is a difficult show to stage, and this production doesn’t succeed...